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TexasTowelie

(116,812 posts)
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:06 AM Jan 2021

Laura Loomer "Cannot Provide Any Facts" About Twitter Ban Conspiracy

Anyone who regularly trawls through court records knows that reading legal documents is typically kind of a slog. But every now and then, an indignant lawyer or exasperated judge blesses us with page-turning material that's basically a hilariously formal clapback.

That's certainly the case in the latest filing in a lawsuit brought forth by Laura Loomer, a far-right, anti-immigrant conspiracy theorist known for making Islamophobic remarks. After Loomer was banned from Twitter in 2018, she and her company, Illoominate Media, filed a court case against Florida's chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), claiming the Muslim advocacy organization conspired with Twitter to have her removed from the site.

A federal judge dismissed the case last year, finding Loomer offered no proof of those allegations. Now, the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has tossed her appeal, too.

The court's decision is essentially a 12-page rejection of everything Loomer has said about CAIR and Twitter.

Read more: https://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/laura-loomer-loses-lawsuit-appeal-against-cair-and-twitter-11788420

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Laura Loomer "Cannot Provide Any Facts" About Twitter Ban Conspiracy (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jan 2021 OP
How one can wander into a court room with no more than a vague idea is beyond reason. Firestorm49 Jan 2021 #1
The 11th Circuit decision makes for some very entertaining reading: catbyte Jan 2021 #2

Firestorm49

(4,195 posts)
1. How one can wander into a court room with no more than a vague idea is beyond reason.
Fri Jan 1, 2021, 11:23 AM
Jan 2021

If they can’t go into court prepared to win, then the case should not be considered.

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